ACT Gov't Seeks Urgent Advice regarding Aussie Junk

I have finished writing on this topic and will not respond to anymore allegations so do your worst.
Although I’m sure I will feel the need to defend myself I will refrain and await my opportunity in court.
Thankyou to all the people who have contacted me with support and to those who have provided statements and information for the court case.

They actually covered their own arses not their pet donkeys as I wrote above.
Maybe they did cover their asses as well but I have no information to prove this.

The Winters were the previous managers at Aussie Junk who were as alleged in the Workplace Ombudsmen press release unlawfully terminated.They were terminated after making a complaint to the WO and attempting to obtain help from the TWU & other parties who had a legal and moral obligation to do so.

A Yong said :

Improper behaviour from a company you are employed to work for is not exactly legal and as the saying goes “People who live in Glass Houses should not throw stones”

A Yong I don’t believe you are impartial at all – allegations towards the Winters of wrong doing have been alleged by the company after they have been investigated by the Workplace Ombudsmen and have been found to have underpaid 10 employees almost $300,000.
I hardly think you can compare the allegations.

Aussie Junk at the Mitchell site framed and sat on the front shop counter the large posts from this forum site which imply & state previous managers where thieves.These were on display over the entire weekend and were being presented as fact.The Winters have put up with these types of allegations for 12 months but to have them displayed on the front counter is quite unbelievable.

I defy anyone who is working for an employer to put up with not getting paid superannuation & correct entitlements.The Winters had discussions with Aussie Junk for 18 months trying to get paid superannuation for themselves & the staff before they made an official complaint, it’s not as if they weren’t trying to work with them.
The superannuation statements in front of me clearly prove this and in fact one previous employee has 3 group certificates and as of a couple of months ago still has not received any superannuation & was not even registered with the fund.

This is just the tip of the iceberg of went on at Aussie Junk.The truth will come out in the court case and the public will get to see what staff had to tolerate for so long.
They will see how other parties decided it was easier to collaborate, sack and cover their own asses instead of helping.

This is my shop counter, and this is my framed information on display!

Jiggered if I know. This is a very odd topic!

Does anyone know who the hell the Winters are?

Have been sitting here reading all these nasty comments – toing & froeing

It seems this is all lingo between Aussie Junk & the Winters

If you commit the crime – You pay the time and the tax

Both sides are wrong and if you do not follow the law then deal with it and pay the consequences

Improper behaviour from a company you are employed to work for is not exactly legal and as the saying goes “People who live in Glass Houses should not throw stones”

Arrogance & overconfidence can be a falling point and you can end up deeper in trouble then whence you commencened

But who am I to judge. I am merely a person who follows the law!

Tuddles

so Aussie Junk don’t pay their staff – and Revolve … doesn’t pay their rent…

As a casual and indifferent outside observer it would seem that for both operations the success of their business model relied on externalising a significant proportion of their costs – suggesting that perhaps the re-selling of junk isn’t really that sustainable.

Moderation = thread death.

Moderation, please. Before these guys really lose it…

I agree.

so Aussie Junk don’t pay their staff – and Revolve (well at last CT story) doesn’t pay their rent to the government – sounds like neither are perfect.

This is absolute GOLD!! Biggest laugh I have had for ages! Who have you hired as your writer theterminated? At least they can spell and use appropriate syntax and grammar. Oh, would you like me to define those for you too? Ha, ha, ha. Keep posting baby!! Contact me if you like and I can edit for you – I’ll only charge a small fee – hmmm, maybe around $280,000??? Oh,and I only accept cash.

Was out at Aussie Junk today – they have two frames at the counter with printed excerpts from RiotACT! It has something like locals support Aussie Junk, the Riot logo, and a number of favorable comments. Apologies I didn’t get a photo (only thought of it afterwards – Doh!).

Hey, I’m not a bogan – not totally.

Me either. 😉

Hey, I’m not a bogan – not totally.
I’m not fighting, merely amusing myself with the slow capitulation of the inbred dynasty called Aussie Junk.
Watching them thrash about like a fish out of water, throwing accusations and trying to defend themselves.
Actually if you have seen Dennis, whale is more appropriate….. Anyway what else do I have to do, I don’t work, dole cheque not due, markets are over, my Ebay sales don’t finish for another week and Tax audit is not scheduled until next month.
And now I have the huge burden of foreign debt on my shoulders.

Bogans fighting about a junk company on the web.

Klassy.

Fight! Fight! Fight!

wow! I nominate this whole thread for “flame of the week”.

You know, I once heard Dennis say he doesn’t like to employ anyone smarter than he is.I thought that statement made it virtually impossible for him to employ anyone.
But his dream came true when he employed his daughter – go away Narelle and tell Kerry to knick off as well – your out of your depth.
Oh yes, have fun at work tomorrow.
Love and Kisses
Jamie

Thanks, but I don’t really think I should take financial or moral advice from anyone associated with Aussie Junk.

You think that you know it all Jamie Boy but the truth is that you no nothing at all about Aussie Junk, you are the one who is clutching at straws. Maybe you should have been a reporter, instead of a trolley pusher.
The reason this country is in dept is because of scum like you. Get a job and stop living off the tax payers.
Maybe you should pay your tax from all your market sales and ebay sales.You might be next.

theterminated said :

In reguards to the winding up of Aussie Junk Pty Ltd, it is a procedure that the ATO go through when adopting a new payment plan!

What a load of rubbish – The ATO has obviously issued a Creditors Statutory Demand for unpaid taxes.This has been ignored and then the ATO has filed an application to wind up the company.They had 21 days from the 19th May to pay the bill or be declared insolvent.

I’m fairly certain the Workplace Ombudsman would not spend 12 months investigating Aussie Junk to then issue a media release full of lies and innuendo.
The WO media statement says 3 employees were unlawfully terminated, I am certain they know more about the case than you do.

But luckily it doesn’t require spelling at a 9 year old level.

Who the flap are the “winters brothers”?

In reguards to the winding up of Aussie Junk Pty Ltd, it is a procedure that the ATO go through when adopting a new payment plan!
As for the unlawful dismissal hearing the winters brothers had 10 pages of allergations but no evidence to back it. All allegations were unfounded and dismissed. I Think that the winters should go back to woolworths where they once worked, Working a tip shop is not always a clean job. The job reguires understanding of the recycing buisness aswell as good customer relations.
The winters Were not only wanted out by Aussie Junk but also the Community.
They had a poor understanding of the buisness and all aspects to do with it including customer relations.
In my eye and alot of the publics.
Aussie Junk is here to stay. I believe it will take alot more then some ex discrunteld employees with a chip on their shoulders to bring them down.
It takes to sides to a story and the winters have had so much to say lets here Aussie Junks side. In closing they have been good to me in the past so lets all get together and here what the public has to say about this small buisness and let us know your expierance with Aussie Junk .
Let us all help the envioroment and Support Aussie Junk

I think by owing staff nearly $300,000 in unpaid wages you can safely say Aussie Junk had a bit of a racket going also.
I do understand your point about Revolve.
I think it is time for an overhaul and new player to come into the game.

Very true. Some of the Revolve pricing was laughable. And they wondered why they couldn’t shift their stuff.

Revolve charged OUTRAGEOUS prices, and was a corrupt little outfit, a real racket. At least Aussie Junk was cheap.

Another Stanhope cock-up.

It wasn’t THAT exciting, surely.

Aussie Junk won the tender for being cheap. Revolves work in providing jobs for the disadvataged counted for nothing (nor the fact that they built up the business from nothing).

They should give it back to Revolve.

I wonder if Revolve will get invited to return to the previous site?

This is after the ACT govt shafted the popular Revolve and took on an interstate contractor. Another Stanhope cock-up.

Seems the ACT Gov’t is joining a few of these queues lately – Rhodium, Summernats, Aussie Junk, next?